InfoSecSherpa: Your Guide Up a Mountain of Information! News Item #5: Crypto ISAC launched to bolster web3 security Ahead of Paris Olympics, Canadian intelligence agency warns attendees to be on guard for cyberattacks (CBC, May 31st) China turns to private hackers as it cracks down on online activists on Tiananmen Square anniversary (The Conversation, May 31st) All Santander staff and ’30 million’ customers in Spain, Chile and Uruguay hacked (BBC, May 31st) Using entangled particles to create unbreakable encryption (Phys.org, May 30th) Crypto ISAC launched to bolster ..read more

InfoSecSherpa: Your Guide Up a Mountain of Information! News Item #2: African country Eritrea thwarts massive cyber attack on Independence Day India’s Department of Telecommunications directs telcos to act against international scam callers (Mint, May 26th) African country Eritrea thwarts massive cyber attack on Independence Day (Teiss, May 28th) See also: Massive cyber attack against Eritrea’s Internet System (Zawya, May 26th) Thailand to launch cyber-command unit for digital defence (Thaiger, May 26th) Azerbaijan Ministry of Internal Affairs carries out measures against cyber ..read more

InfoSecSherpa: Your Guide Up a Mountain of Information! News Item #9: Fatigue and shortages: cyber teams intentionally underreporting breaches Security Champions: Finding and Building Your Team (Security Magazine, May 16th) Congressional Briefing On Building Readiness And Strengthening Resiliency To Combat Disasters And Emerging Threats (National Governors Association, May 16th) The surprising career trajectory of cyber investigations expert Cynthia Hetherington (National Retail Foundation, May 16th) Myersville, Maryland Struck by Cyber Attack Via Email Last Year (Government Te ..read more

InfoSecSherpa: Your Guide Up a Mountain of Information! News Item #9: Black Suit group claims responsibility for Jackson County, Missouri ransomware attack Popular Cyber Crime Forum Breach Forums Seized by Police (Hack Read, May 15th) Google’s using AI to fortify Android 15 and the Play Store against next-generation attacks (Android Police, May 15th) Security leaders report pressure from boards to downplay cyber risks (IT Pro, May 15th) Finnish consumer goods company Fiskars Group confirms cyber security incident, says operations unaffected (Cyber News, May 15th) NIST aims ..read more

InfoSecSherpa: Your Guide Up a Mountain of Information! News Item #10: File Not Found: Russia is Hacking Evidence of Its War Crimes Guidance for organisations considering payment in ransomware incident (U.K. National Cyber Security Centre, May 14th) Research Aims to Improve Detection and Prevention of Stealthy Cyber-Physical Attacks in Clean Energy Technology (U.S. Department of Energy, May 9th) St. Louis County to consider Rams money for cyber security (STLtoday, May 14th) Ransomware victims urged to consider alternatives to paying hackers (Insurance Post UK, May 14t ..read more

InfoSecSherpa: Your Guide Up a Mountain of Information! News Item #9: ‘Cyberattack’ shutters Christie’s website days before $840M art mega-auction Black Basta Ransomware Strikes 500+ Entities Across North America, Europe, and Australia (The Hacker News, May 13th) Ascension confirms its cybersecurity incident is a ransomware attack (Fierce Healthcare, May 13th) Bipartisan House bill aims to prepare election workers for AI (CyberScoop, May 13th) Firstmac addresses cyber incident (Australian Broker, May 14th) OpenAI’s ChatGPT Launches ‘GPT-4o,’ Desktop App (Information Week ..read more

InfoSecSherpa: Your Guide Up a Mountain of Information! News Item #10: Poland heavily targeted by Moscow’s cyber services Pupils miss classes as school cyber attacks rise (BBC, May 10th) How Many Campaign Vendors Have Been Hit With Cyber Attacks? It’s Likely More Than You Think (Campaigns & Elections, May 10th) State or state-sponsored actor was behind B.C. government cyber attack (Vancouver Sun, May 10th) Cyber attack victims need to speak up, says UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (Computer Weekly, May 10th) Businesses, Government See Progress in Cyber Hiri ..read more

InfoSecSherpa: Your Guide Up a Mountain of Information! News Item #9: Cyber Benefits of the .Bank Domain (webinar) Ascension hospitals report ‘disruptions’ to clinic operations following suspected cyber attack (NBC 5 Chicago, May 9th) Nearly 70 software vendors sign up to CISA’s cyber resilience program (IT Pro, May 9th) Tech-dependency in warfare — why space infrastructure needs cyber shield (CNBC TV 18, May 9th) Balticom’s TV channels temporarily hacked by Russian propaganda (Public Broadcasting of Latvia, May 9th) Plans for Silicon Valley-style cyber hub in South W ..read more

InfoSecSherpa: Your Guide Up a Mountain of Information! News Item #7: Cloud consolidation is eroding cyber resilience of payments, CISOs warn 2024 Report on the Cybersecurity Posture of the United States (PDF) (The White House, May 8th) Russia launches hybrid cyber attack on Kosovo over Ukraine support (Türkiye Newspaper, May 8th) Study including WVU and Marshall analyzes cyber threats to Artificial Intelligence systems (WAJR 104.5FM, May 7th) Loandepot takes earnings hit from recent cyber attack (National Mortgage News, May 7th) DocGo Confirms Cyber Attack: Hackers S ..read more

InfoSecSherpa: Your Guide Up a Mountain of Information! News Item #7: Russian hackers targeted key Italian institutions Children’s mental health data published after cyber attack (BBC, May 7th) US Says North Korean Hackers Exploiting Weak DMARC Settings (Security Week, May 3rd) New series of measures issued against the administrator of LockBit (Europol, May 7th) UK suspects China behind cyber attack on military personnel data (Financial Times, May 7th) No End “Insight” for DOJ’s Civil Cyber-Fraud Initiative (Crowell, May 7th) US announces sanctions on Russian senior l ..read more